About this episode

In this special Easter episode, Tim Worthington is joined by Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson to discuss nostalgic Easter-related topics and forgotten media.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. This time, in a special Easter edition, Tim, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson are all crowding into a local radio studio where listeners have been begged not to send in any more home-made Hot Cross Buns, ready to take your calls about some of the over-ostentatiously seasonally-repackaged chocolate that you just don't seem to get any more. So that's incomprehensible classroom 'projects', television schedules crammed with sentient Volkswagens, Easter Eggs devoid of separately packaged confectionary 'extras' and more. In a Jif Lemon Day of a chat we'll be navigating the EU Pancake Mountain, tuning in for the Telly Addicts Whit Special , declining to tune in for Why Don't Fucking You...? , discovering whether The Flying Pickets prefer real chocolate or a 'candy'-derived substitute, querying whether Graham Hill can effectively introduce clips from Fantasia going at that speed, storylining Tiger Tots: Infinity War , debating the merits of the theme from dull 'zoo vet' drama One By One , and generally…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Worthington

Guests: Bob Fischer, Georgy Jamieson

Topics covered

• Easter traditions
• nostalgia
• forgotten media
• chocolate products
• television history
• seasonal celebrations

Keywords

• Easter
• nostalgia
• Hot Cross Buns
• Fantasia
• One By One
• chocolate
• television
• seasonal
• forgotten media

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Jif Lemon, Tiger Tots: Infinity War

Books & works: Fantasia, One By One

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